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Ben Trachtenberg

27 Apr 2026

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It is advice I see constantly and it never comes with instructions.

4 replies

  1. Helena Duplessis

    28 Apr 2026

    Honestly it is slightly outdated advice now. A lot of "the room" is a self-tape and the equivalent skill is making a tape that gets watched to the end.

  2. Imogen Fairbairn

    29 Apr 2026

    The modern version is: get in front of the same people repeatedly. That happens through a class taught by someone with casting relationships, through workshops where casting attends, and through booking small things and not being difficult on them.

  3. Sam Oyelaran

    1 May 2026

    Being pleasant on a small job is genuinely how it compounds. I have hired the same day player four times because he was easy the first time.

  4. Wes Achterberg

    2 May 2026

    And do not chase the meeting. Chase being good enough that the meeting is worth someone's time.

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